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… the Tasman Sea; the northernmost point is called Cape Farewell. The cape and cliffs are cut in late Cretaceous … From Abel Head, a mile east of Puponga, a long curving sandspit – Farewell Spit – extends eastwards for 15 miles, partly … FAREWELL SPIT AND CAPE FAREWELL …
… the coast of the South Island between Separation Point and Farewell Spit. The bay was discovered by Tasman in 1642, … being infilled by drifting sand and mud transported around Farewell Spit by coastal drift from the west coast. The bay … cement (Tarakohe). Because of the protection afforded by Farewell Spit, Golden Bay affords safe anchorage to shipping …
… a lighthouse is that on the tip of the 26-mile-long sand spit at Farewell Spit, where lightkeepers in the past have planted trees to …
… minefields which caused the loss of a merchant ship off Farewell Spit in September, and another off Three Kings …
… of the bayhead plains, and the long curving sandbank of Farewell Spit partly enclosing Golden Bay. Despite all the … remarkably even all the way from Martins Bay to the Farewell Spit. At the river mouths, too, off-shore bars make …
… has also been worked at Puponga coalfields near the base of Farewell Spit and at Kaitangata in Otago. The Cretaceous …
… New Zealand's only known uranium deposits. At the base of Farewell Spit an expanse of Cretaceous non-marine …
… day. The ships continued north, and then came round Farewell Spit. The following day, 19 December 1642, some …
… Tasman's landfall near the site of Hokitika. Having rounded Farewell Spit Cook watered in Admiralty Bay. On 1 April 1770 …